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An old rei miro, with human
heads on each end.

This is the inner side, which was once filled with
chalk.

A
reimiro is a decorative crescent-shaped
pectoral ornament once worn by the women of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanuirei 'stern' or 'prow' and miro
'boat'. Thus the crescent represents a Polynesian canoe.

Each side of the reimiro ended in a human head. The outer,
display side had two small pierced bumps through which a cord was
strung for hanging it. The inner side contained a cavity that was
filled with chalk made from powdered seashells.

A reimiro provides the image of the Flag of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It also
appears to feature in the rongorongo
script of Easter Island (as glyph 07: ), and one
reimiro is preserved with a long rongorongo
text.

Although the human heads on the reimiro are unique to
Easter Island, the pectoral itself is part of a wider tradition.
In the
Solomon
Islands, for example, women wear shell pectorals which
resemble reimiro.

Gallery

Image:Flag of Rapa Nui, Chile.svg|A reimiro is the emblem
of the Flag of Rapa
Nui.Image:Reimiro without faces.jpg|A large (61 cm)
reimiro with very stylized heads. It may be that pectorals
of this size were worn by men.Image:Rongorongo L rei miro 2.jpg|A
reimiro inscribed with rongorongo glyphs.Image:Woman with
rei-miro.jpg|A Solomon Islands woman wearing a shell pectoral
resembling a reimiro.